Charles R. Venator-Santiago is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and El Instituto, Institute for Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies. He teaches courses in the areas of legal and political theory, Latino/a and Puerto Rican politics, and public law.
He currently directs the Puerto Rico Citizenship Archives Project, the Puerto Rico Status Archives Project, and the American Samoa Nationality and Citizenship Archives Project.
He is also the Secretariat (Executive Director) (2017-2022) and Vice-President (2019-2020)/President (2021-2022) of the Puerto Rican Studies Association.
After a week of ICE raids and January 6th pardons, this hour on The Wheelhouse examines how the Trump administration is thinking about criminal and civil law.
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